Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation

Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation

Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jac…

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